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Discovering Your Core Center Point |
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So
far, your Serenity Yoga experience has seemed fairly ordinary. We've used
ordinary breathing strategies and ordinary stretches to achieve extra-ordinary
results for your body and mind. You
have now laid the groundwork to benefit from more traditional yogic practices,
like Ojai
Breathing. You are also ready to start
noticing more about yourself, not only your body and mind, but your energy self
as well. Purple
Level Breathing Themes will take you
through this journey. It's fascinating and exciting and opens up entirely fresh
ways of experiencing the world. Hopefully, I can make this part of the journey
seem straightforward and simple - the kind of thing that you, your friends and
neighbours could do, because - you can!
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Your Core | Nothing
in yoga is so talked about and so little understood as the Core, the Energy Core,
the Tantien, the Center of Your Body, the navel. There is a lot of mystique around
this part of human beings. Let's
start with the anatomy. When I talk about The Core, I am talking about one of
two things, depending on the topic and context. Either I'll mean the Energy Center,
which is also the Center for Balancing. It's the Center Point of your body. However,
sometimes I'll mean the Center Line that runs up and down your body from that
Center Point. How
do you know you have a Core Center Point?
Um - you do have one, or you
wouldn't be here. It's where your center of mass is. It's just behind your belly
button, deep inside the center of your body and down a little bit. |  | You
can experience this Center Point or Core by doing Abdominal
Lifts. As you do the Lifts, pay close attention to your belly
button going up and down. Notice the path it takes. The deeper you do your lifts,
the more clearly you will feel this. |
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Center Line
The Center Line extends up the inside-middle of your body
from your Center Point. It runs in line with your spine, but is more toward inside
your body than your spine. | Discovering
Your Center Line with Abdominal Lifts
As you do Abdominal
Lifts you can feel the bottom part of this line. During
each lift, your belly button travels up this center line. Again, the stronger
you do your lifts, the more clearly you will notice your Center Line. Discovering
Your Center Line with Breathing
Theme 22.
You can also experience this Center Line when
doing the exercises of Breathing
Theme 22. | | |
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